No, it's not. It's not even hard to understand, it's just simple economics. I make $45,000 a year. Should I go out and buy a $100,000 car? No, I shouldn't. It's an overreach of my financial situation. A $20,000 car makes way more sense for me.
You say "cheap", I say "smart" or "efficient" or "cost effective."
That does not preclude the possiblity that Kane is taking attention away from him, i.e. if teams are concentrating their #1 pairing and shutdown line on Kane then Panarin will face an obviously inferior set of players when his line comes on. But that was just a hypothetical, intended to prove a point which obviously has flown far over your head.